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How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr

4 reviews

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Violence, War, Xenophobia, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Minor: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Animal death, and Sexual content

elisalasater's review against another edition

challenging informative tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Genocide, Torture, Slavery, and Police brutality

rooks_books's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

An excellent dive into U.S. imperialism and how it has shaped both the U.S. today and the modern global order. From the settler-colonial violence of Manifest Destiny to the 60 degree thread pitch of standard U.S. screws to the fallout (political and literal) of nuclear testing on Bikini Atoll, this book covers a vast array of dramatically overlooked topics that are essential to understanding why the world is the way it is today. Though academically rigorous, the writing is entertaining and easy to digest, and Immerwahr does a good job of giving serious topics the gravity they deserve while also including moments of levity and humor where appropriate.

Even as someone profoundly interested in and generally well educated on U.S. settler-colonialism, I learned a huge amount of new information that reframed my understanding of the U.S. from this book.

This book is essential reading for anyone interested in truly understanding U.S. history, and should be required reading in any U.S. history curriculum.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Colonisation, and Racism

Moderate: Genocide, Medical trauma, and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, and Torture

rachbake's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Sexual violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Genocide, and Colonisation